We're running into a configuration issue trying to get NPIV FCP connections to work through a switched fabric distributed across two locations. At our primary location, the z9 FCP is connected into Switch #1, a McData 3232 switch. We have EMC DMX3 storage connected to Switch #1 as well and are able to get the NPIV id logged onto the fabric, provisioned, and connecting to the storage without a problem. We have Linux guests booting off of the SAN and are not using 3390 disk for them. We setup the switch binding and added the WWPN of the z9 port as a detached node on switch #1 to get this to work. That's the good news.
The problem we are having is getting the NPIV id logged into our backup location DMX3 which is connected to Switch #2, another McData 3232 switch ISL'd to Switch #1. We thought we had a setting incorrect on the switches so that the traffic is not making it all the way to the second DMX3, however when we use the SCSIDISC utility under VM against the device which corresponds to the NPIV id, it actually detects the storage port on the DMX3 but the DMX3 shows that we are not logged into the storage port with the NPIV. We've tried multiple settings on the switches to get this connected, but without any success. We have the NPIV and Switch Binding features active on both McData 3232 switches even though I believe we only need NPIV on the switch that the z9 port physically connects to. Has anyone else done this and do you have suggestions as to settings we should look at? Craig Collins State of Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
